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Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23701231

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The UN declared 2024 the hottest year on record, capping a “decade of deadly heat” where all 10 of the hottest years occurred.

UN Secretary General António Guterres urged urgent action to slash emissions and transition to renewable energy in 2025 to prevent further climate breakdown.

The World Meteorological Organisation highlighted record rainfall, flooding, cyclones, heatwaves, and wildfires, with 26 of 29 extreme events in 2024 linked to climate change.

Dangerous heat days increased by 41 this year, emphasizing the need for global cooperation to address escalating heat risks.

Were electric ferries not a viable option?

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US mining industry is saying it needs 920% tariffs on Chinese graphite to make projects in North America. And oil industry will astroturf protests, and lobby, to delay the mining.

The only solution to Oil industry scheming, is nationalizing oil companies. US can't help with a sustainable climate if their power is maximized.

For mining projects, there's an absurdity to the cost and profit levels. A model to promote abundance would be cheap loans, and production subsidies, but cooperating with China, is a low investment path that can make high value EVs in the US if the batteries are cheap.

""Too often over the last decade, courts have dismissed lawsuits against the oil and gas industry by saying that the issue of climate culpability should be decided by legislatures. Well, the Legislature of the State of New York – the 10th largest economy in the world – has accepted the invitation...."

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/16652472

For sure, seems to be less then zero interest in any sort of reformation? People won't even wear a mask in a pandemic. Precautionary principal be damed?

To add to that https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/06/14/opinion/science-civilization-collapse-environment-limits.

Rees bluntly states, “the human enterprise is effectively subsuming the ecosphere” and “wide-spread societal collapse cannot be averted — collapse is not a problem to be solved, but rather the final stage of a cycle to be endured.”